Studio Available October 2015

Deadline: Sept. 15, 2015

Studio Available October 2015

AVAILABLE STUDIO INFORMATION 

Studio is 215 sq. feet.

• Rent is $405 per month, inclusive of all utilities.
• Artists are required to be in the space during retail hours of Wed. - Sat., 12-6pm and during the monthly Bethesda Art Walk.
• Artist has 24/7 access to Studio B and their personal studio space.
• Artist may sell artwork and there is no commission taken on artist sales.

SELECTION
Members of the Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District and arts professionals will review the applications and select the Studio B artist. If necessary, an interview may be requested. Applicants will be notified about whether their applications have been selected. Bethesda Urban Partnership will perform credit and criminal background checks and execute leases with the tenants. Once maximum occupancy is reached, applicants will be placed on a waiting list until a studio becomes available. 

TO APPLY

Complete this application and submit the following:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Artwork Samples
• Proof of Income
• Proof of Identity
• $30 fee per applicant for credit and criminal background checks

QUESTIONS? Please email artist@bethesda.org.

Click here for the secure application.

Request for Proposals

Request for Proposals: IMPACT at GREEN SPRING STATION

Application Deadline: Saturday, August 15, 2015

Are you an artist that enjoys working with unusual materials? Then this opportunity might be for you!

 

MAP, in partnership with Green Spring Station, is seeking an artist or artist team to create an original temporary indoor installation comprised of items donated by Green Spring Station merchants. Items may include: resistance bands/dumbbells, bras, nighties, pjs, hair products, blow-dryer, dresses, tennis racquets and balls, boxed stationery, journals, guest books, calendars, sample event stationery, children’s books, wooden toys, and candy. The resulting sculpture does not need to incorporate all materials.

The selected artist/artist team will receive a $1,000 stipend to cover the cost of additional materials and labor. Installation is scheduled to take place between October 1 and November 13, 2015.

The full RFP can be downloaded here.
This call is open to all Maryland-based artists and is free to apply.

High line

Official US Navy photo of me being highlined from USS Thorn to USS John King somewhere in the Med in the early 1980s. My boss, then Commodore Jeremy Boorda (DESRON 22) used to love to highline sailors, and in this instance I was delivering a FitRep to the CO of USS John King (as well as a box of donuts and some Intel reports) - if you zoom in you can see my bearded face and a cheap stogie between my lips... cough, cough...

Enigmas of Cuban Spanish

Anthony T. Rivas starts his entertaining "Enigmas of Cuban Spanish" by noting that "Non-Cuban Spanish speakers have occasional trouble understanding fast Cuban speech. While less educated Cuban speakers can be difficult to understand, as with speakers of other dialects of Spanish, better educated speakers of Cuban Spanish can also exhibit speech sounds typical of "careless" or relaxed speech." 

Ahhh... my own experience, especially around the DMV (where most "native" Spanish speakers are from Central America, and in my neighborhood from Argentina), is more like a perplexed look... this chart (from his research) exemplifies the nuances, even within Cuba, of Cuban Spanish.

Old Oriente Province	Rest of Cuba	English Meaning
cutara	chancletas	slippers
papaya	fruta bomba	papaya
balance*	sillón	rocking chair
balde	cubo	bucket
rallado, rasco-rasco (Matanzas)	granizado (Bayamo and Santiago)	ice cone
macho	lechón	suckling pig
pluma, llave**	faucet	tap
túnico*	vestido	dress
hallaca	tamal	tamale
guineo	plátano (fruta)	banana
fana	fanoso	good-for-nothing/cheapskate
tienda ***	bodega	grocery store

* Also used in Camagüey Province
** "Pluma" and "llave" coexist in Camagüey Province.
*** In Havana, "tienda" with no modifier denotes a clothing store.